Manchester United are in discussions with former Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde over becoming period in-between supervisor at Old Trafford.
United parted approaches with membership legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday following a horrendous run of form, culminating in a four-1 loss to Watford ultimate weekend.
The Norwegian gave a farewell interview to MUTV as the membership announced they would appearance to rent an period in-between manager till the cease of the season.
And in keeping with the Guardian, United have opened talks with 57-12 months-vintage Valverde approximately succeeding Solskjaer.
The Spaniard has been in discussions with footballing director John Murtough over taking price on a temporary basis and has already began searching at gamers to improve the contemporary squad need to he get the gig.
Man Utd are hopeful that Valverde's revel in in handling Lionel Messi at Barcelona will make him the perfect candidate to deal with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Valverde has been out of work due to the fact he changed into sacked by way of Barça at the start of 2020. He led the Blaugrana to two La Liga titles, but changed into most remembered for their crumble to Liverpool in the 2018/19 Champions League semi-finals.
However, Barcelona's trajectory following Valverde's departure has fallen off a cliff, with the club losing 8-2 to Bayern Munich, finishing under each Real Madrid and Atletico in La Liga final season and being not able to re-sign Lionel Messi this summer time.
Valverde has previously spoken of his preference to control in England earlier than, saying: “I wouldn’t mind trying it. You get the feeling that there’s a respect there for what the game is.”
While Valverde is being touted as an period in-between appointment, 90min is familiar with that PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino and Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers are both inclined to take fee on a complete-time settlement without delay.
